New Inscriptions from Northeast Phrygia: The Cult of Hosios and Dikaios
The last three decades have witnessed increasing number of publications on the cult of Hosios kai Dikaios, Holy and Just, a cult predominantly found in Phrygia and Lydia worshipped together with Helios and Apollo. Due to various reasons, this cult, however, is less examined within archaeological co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Akdeniz University
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Gephyra |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/31130/420755?publisher=nalan-eda-akyurek-sahin |
| Summary: | The last three decades have witnessed increasing number of publications
on the cult of Hosios kai Dikaios, Holy
and Just, a cult predominantly found in Phrygia and Lydia worshipped together
with Helios and Apollo. Due to various reasons, this cult, however, is less
examined within archaeological context in which votive inscriptions emerged.
The lack of archaeological context prevents us to evaluate the origins and
organization of the cult under consideration. This paper presents the initial
results of an epigraphic survey carried out since 2014 in northeast Phrygia. The
first surveyed area today encompassing Mihalıççık County in Eskişehir province is located between the
Sakarya (Sangarios) river to the north and the Porsuk (Tembris) river to the
south. This paper focuses on two groups of new inscriptions found in Kayı and Otluk villages and
their vicinities located in Mihalıççık County. It also includes one
inscription (no. 5) which was incompletely published by Anderson. The discovery of four inscriptions offers some new information about
the cult of Hosios and Dikaios, possible locations for the sanctuary/shrine of
the cult and the provenance of the stone used for votive inscriptions in
northeast Phrygia. The paper begins by laying out the historical geography of
survey area, and then it presents the inscriptions and commentaries. It finally
evaluates the evidence with reference to archaeological context including
general historical conclusions. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-3924 2651-5059 |